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RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... bit more optimistic and expects the economy to grow in the final three months of this year. However, his statement that the RBNZ cash rate target could stay at record lows until late next year betrayed this optimism. It appears that the RBNZ is now paying ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... quantitative easing and is buying gilts directly. The reason why the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) lowered interest rates again last week. Even Australia has had bad news which the market chose to ignore. The All ...

Stagflation policy conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Desperate times need desperate measures. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced a surprise 50 basis point reduction in its benchmark interest rate as the domestic economy looks increasingly headed for a recession. With recession staring the ...

A smoking gun for the RBA

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... New Zealand's tight labour market, high capacity use and rising oil and food prices are all sustaining inflation and the RBNZ is hoping this latest rise might finally put a lid on it. Following its less than subtle currency interventions the RBNZ also ...

Hiking partners: Aussie dollar and Kiwi inflation

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... cracks beneath the surface of the other data (i.e. falling housing activity rather than prices) will not be enough to offset RBNZ concerns over persistently elevated non-tradables inflation." With domestic inflation refusing come down from its lofty ...

RBNZ to become single NZ financial regulator

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
... institutions, such as insurers and collective investment schemes, will have to be licensed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ). As well, financial advisers will have to belong to approved professional bodies supervised by the Securities Commission ...

Economic round-up: Dollars and sense

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... its 185 members reject strategies that create instability for other countries. Meanwhile the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has just executed its second currency intervention, flooding the market with NZ currency. This triggered a devaluation of ...

Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
New Zealand takes the award for the highest interest rates in the developed world, as the RBNZ jacked-up the official cash rate to a mammoth 8 per cent, sending a jolt through their export sector and financial markets. Better late than never, the Reserve ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... cent in the last quarter of 2005 - due to record high interest rates of 7.25 per cent - the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) remains adamant that there will be no reduction in interest rates due to inflation threats from higher wages and expensive ...

Daily economic update

... interest rates are crimping consumer spending, which could slow down the economy this year. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has increased the official cash rate nine times since January 2004 to a record 7.25 per cent, saying household spending ...